KEYWORDS:
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Sanctification |
Discipleship |
Growing in Christ |
Following Jesus |
Example of Jesus |
Jesus And Other-Centeredness
© 2008 Seedsower Music.
© 2008 Seedsower Music.
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Purpose: |
The challenge for the Christian is to live for others. The world teaches us the opposite. But as we look to Jesus, we find the pathway to true greatness marked out for us - a life of selflessness.
Commentary: | Our spiritual act of worship (Romans 12:1-2) involves not letting the world "squeeze us into its mold." (J. B. Phillips) And the primary way the world influences us is to cause us to think about ourselves first and foremost.
Dying to self is the way of the Sprit. But it is against the grain, and contrary to our natural disposition. Jesus, however, lived a life of perfect selflessness, and when we look to him we find hope and inspiration to live for others. And we have the Holy Spirit inside us, cheering us on, empowering us to "consider others better than ourselves." (Philippians 2:3)
Commentary: | Our spiritual act of worship (Romans 12:1-2) involves not letting the world "squeeze us into its mold." (J. B. Phillips) And the primary way the world influences us is to cause us to think about ourselves first and foremost.
Dying to self is the way of the Sprit. But it is against the grain, and contrary to our natural disposition. Jesus, however, lived a life of perfect selflessness, and when we look to him we find hope and inspiration to live for others. And we have the Holy Spirit inside us, cheering us on, empowering us to "consider others better than ourselves." (Philippians 2:3)
